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<h1>Use PixieDust<a class="headerlink" href="#use-pixiedust" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>PixieDust brings you the power to create compelling visuals fast, no coding necessary. You can use PixieDust immediately online in the IBM Cloud, or on your local machine.</p>
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<p class="last">PixieDust makes data visualization much easier, but does require basic knowledge of how to load/access and manipulate data within a Python notebook.</p>
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<p class="first sidebar-title">Use PixieDust online right now</p>
<p>Start by trying PixieDust in a Python notebook online–no installation necessary. PixieDust is built-in to IBM’s <a class="reference external" href="https://www.ibm.com/cloud/watson-studio">Watson Studio</a>. Sign up for a free trial there, and create a new notebook from URL using this sample:</p>
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<p>PixieDust can save you tons of work. See what it can do for your notebook.</p>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="install.html">Install PixieDust</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="download.html">Download Data</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="releasenotes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
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